Keith William Howard

He was my public defender and he represented me straight to a ruined life. I took my case to trial because I was innocent and boy was that stupid. My investigator seemed to be working against me, witnesses were never interviewed, the beginning of my taped statement where my miranda rights were viol...ated was taped over and destroyed but keith couldnt capitalize on that. My affidavit of probable cause was completely different from the case that was brought against me and yet I sat in jail for months on the craziest amount of money you could think of. My bail was more than someone who murdered someone else. WTF!?! He never showed up to my sentencing hearing and the judge sentenced me to the max amount of time, he never fought for me and in the end, the jury found me guilty of one out of three charges and that was that. The lasting impact of having inadequate representation will haunt you forever and in certain aspects totally ruined my life. I only wish I either had an attorney that recommended a plea and really informed me of the consequences of losing at jury trial and/or an attorney that would have actually fought for me.